The Irish standard., 1887-09-03

q4arrels and drunken rows. Iwish
cdlld show the sham, the everlasting
shtm, of that cheap boastful orator!
TINT bellows itself hoarse on each 12tl
ofzJuly. 1 wish 1 could show that i
the Southerns were-are murderers-
and have been wretched and stepped t.
the lips in misery and crime and bigotry
that it is to the eternal shame of tht
Irish government. wish could show
of all things that it is not the part of {
brave man to boast of a victory. The
Roman Catholic Church as ruling
power in England was forever crushed
at the Boyne; and if we are in the pres
ence of those whose cause, whose re-
ligion, was there beaten, we should not
boast of our victory. Take George
Walker, who defended Londonderry
He was plain parish clergyman, and
when the city was beset he quietly laid
aside his cassock and came to the front
and said, "Men we must defend oul
CITY," And he did; through famine:
through slaugh er, day and night; he
fought; he pointed the guns; he led and
directed everybody and saved the city.
Do you think that had he lived he would
on each anniversary have trlcked him
self out with ribbons and gone round
the walls with fiddle? think not;
if he wore any color be sure that like
many another rightnoble man he would
have worn green in compliment to
those who had been beaten. Ispeak as
an Orangeman, as one who holds 1859.
and the Punishment of James II. as
the grandest thing in our history-as a
man educated in England by the
Church of England, and I say bury old
victories deep; and let your moderation
be known to all men. I would pray
that 1 myself, and all my brother
Orangemen, may be filled with the
spirit of and follow the teaching and
example of Christ. If one may judge
from some newspapers, or from what is
sometimes said, the hatred, the party
hatred, is greater now than it was be-
tween Jew and Samaritan. To end
that should be our aim, and let the
strongest give way first. You believe
that Orange professions are necessary
for the peace of the country. I do not;
they open old and bitter sores and tend
to inAame party hatred. I. believe the
remedy lies in free trust. The men
you are to trust are noble, generous
men. Look at the Eighteenth Royal
Irish Regiment-it is recruited in the
most Catholic part of Ireland-its colors
are blessed by Roman Catholic priest.
and yet, believe. in the British service
there is not a regiment which has shed
more of it's life blood for the Queen. 1t
it is ever necessary to maintain again
the principle of the Reformation by
force (Which my God in his infinite
mercy forbid) believe me--if history
teaches anything-that those men who
speak so loud and SO bravely now would
be the last in action, and that the men
who would fight are those who are care
full for one thing above all others-viz.,
Ito offend no man by word or deco" "
For me, if had the power, / would, in
1890. keep the 2OOth anniversary of the
Boyne by marching in solemn process
sion with the Grand Lodge and f1inging
forever all party signs into the waters
of that river, and would make there
peace with my Southern fellow coun-
trymen. At present the Orange instl-
tutlon preserves an armed neutrality;
some men even openly talk of rifles and
possible battles. Is this the way in
which we may do most for Protestan-
ism, the religion Of the open Gospel?
Of peace and Goodwill to all men?
Rather by lives full Of a generous pur-
pose. lives which all men may see are
ruled by that new commandment,
Glove We one another, as have loved
you,o And so our Orange Institution
will be great Brotherhood-not politl-
cal, but religious: a Brotherhood in
spired by that which alone gives eternal
life and strength, the Spirit of Christ.
Love and trust in all men. All else will
pass away like sour smoke. Come
what may, hold fast to trust. Though
men should rend your heart, let them
not embitter or harden it. Christ won
by tenderness, conquered by forgive
ness. Let us try to enter into some
thing of that large celestial charity
which is greater than all things, and
which conquers the world. Learn the
new commandment of the Son of God;
to love as He loved. Let us go forth in
this spirit to our life duties, and we
will carry everything before us by the
conquering power Of a love like His.
'He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small,
For the dear God that made them
Doth love them one and all"
The ''grand old man, Gladstone,
never proved the greatness of his cha
racter better than in the letter he has
Just written regarding John Bright.